h

Other forms of h

plural

hs·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about h

What does h mean?

h means "a nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless highly flammable diatomic gas; the simplest and lightest and most abundant element in the universe". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in h?

h has 1 syllable: h. In IPA it is /ˈeɪtʃ/.

What is another word for h?

Close synonyms include hydrogen, atomic number 1, henry, Planck's constant, heat content. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is h a common word?

h is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with h?

3 words rhyme with h. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.